Happy Summer Solstice

By Orange County Local Council | June 20, 2016 |

  “Litha or Midsummer, a time of bonfires, mugwort, mythical beings, nights and days of mischief and love. The veil is thin. The Celts, the Norse and the Slavs believed that there were three ‘spirit nights’ in the year when magic ran amok and the Otherworld was near. The first was Halloween, the second was…

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Bees, sacred messengers

By Orange County Local Council | June 9, 2016 |

Guest Blogger, Selene Weir, has created an informative series about bees for OCLC. This is the first installment. “The Sphinx, the Pyramids, the stone temples are, all of them, ultimately as flimsy as London Bridge; our cities but tents set up in the cosmos.  We pass.  But what the bee knows, the wisdom that sustains…

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Emerald,the soothing stone — hocuspocus13

By Orange County Local Council | June 7, 2016 |

Originally posted on Jewel Paradise: Pliny wrote, “Nothing is more intense than the green of emerald” and “sight is refreshed and restored by gazing upon this stone” Emeralds have always held a place in mythology. It was believed that the green of Emeralds soothed the eyes, and vision was restored when gazing upon them. It… via…

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10 Fascinating Mythological Creatures Of The British Isles – Listverse — Christy Jackson Nicholas, Author and Artist

By Orange County Local Council | June 6, 2016 |

The British Isles are a handful of islands that make up the Isle of Great Britain, the Island of Ireland, and a host of smaller islands in that vicinity (I Source: 10 Fascinating Mythological Creatures Of The British Isles – Listverse via 10 Fascinating Mythological Creatures Of The British Isles – Listverse — Christy Jackson Nicholas, Author…

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